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M.Sc. in Educational Psychology

The MSc in Educational Psychology aims to prepare Trainee Educational Psychologists to work as practitioners of applied educational psychology in local government (usually Education or Social Services), in voluntary agencies and elsewhere, in the U.K. and beyond.

MSc Educational Psychology brochure

The aims of the programme are to promote:

• the acquisition and development of information, theories, evidence, strategies, skills, services and products, which are based on educational psychology, and relevant to:
  • enhancing effective learning,
  • promoting positive social, emotional and behavioural development, and
  • promoting inclusion, and
  • co-operative problem-solving
• with children, parents, teachers and a wide range of other carers and other professional agencies.

In addition to direct assessment and intervention in a wide variety of contexts, educational psychologists engage in a great deal of indirect work, through consultancy, training, applied research and evaluation, and policy development. This is often in relation to the attainment and welfare of all children and young people, not just those with "additional support needs", and may be preventive rather than post hoc intervention.

Accordingly, the programme provides training to function at all systemic levels:

• the individual casework level, focused upon children and young people in the family, pre-school, school, college or other contexts,
• the whole class level,
• the whole school level,
• the school cluster or pyramid level, and
• within larger systems such as local and national government.

The programme seeks to link research and practice to enhance the development of evidence-based practice, and is closely linked with research centres within the university such as the Centre for Peer Learning.

Download the MSc Educational Psychology brochure.